Lesson 45. And Suddenly...

In storytelling, we often use the past continuous tense for background
information and the past simple for main events, and we often use
different intonation patterns with these two tenses. Listen and notice
the different intonation in the first and second half of each sentence.1 I was walking along the street↑ one day, ana I saw a wallet↓ on the pavement↓.2 I was waiting for the bus↑ yesterday, and I heard an explosion↓.3 I was lying in bed↑ last night, and I heard a knock at the door↓.4 I was watching the news↑ one night, and I saw myself↓ in the shopping↓ centre.

Listen and repeat.street↑ one day - along the street↑ one day -I was walking along the
street↑ one day bus↑ yesterday - waiting for the bus↑ yesterday -I was
waiting for the bus↑ yesterday bed↑ last night - lying in bed↑ last night
-I was lying in bed↑ last night news↑ one night - watching the news↑ one
night - I was watching the news↑ one nighta wallet↓ - a wallet↓ on the pavement - and I saw a a wallet↓ on the pavement
explosion↓ - an explosion↓ - and I heard an explosion↓the door↓- a knock at
the door↓ - and I heard a knock at the door↓myself↓ in the shopping
centre - and I saw myself↓ in the shopping centre

Listen and speak together with the recording.

1 I was walking along the street↑ one day, and I saw a wallet↓ on the pavement.2 I was waiting for the bus↑ yesterday, and I heard an explosion↓.3 I was lying in bed↑ last night, and I heard a knock at the door↓.4 I was watching the news↑one night, and I saw myself↓ in the shopping centre↓.

Wе also often use the ↑ type of intonation with other kinds of background information. Listen and repeat.

on Tuesday↑, I thinkas usual↑and suddenly↑round about midnight↑

Listen and repeat. Then speak together with the recording.

1 I was walking along the street↑ one day, on Tuesday↑, I think, and I saw a wallet↓ on the pavement↓.2 I was waiting for the bus↑ yesterday, as usual↑, and suddenly↑ I heard an explosion↓.3 I was lying in bed↑ last night, round about midnight↑, and I heard a knock at the door↓.4 I was watching the news↑ one night, and suddenly↑I saw myseIf↓ in the shonning centre↓.

I was doing my shopping↑ one day, as usual↑, and I was walking past the
antique↓ shop, and I saw a beautiful old vase↓ in the window, with red
and blue and yellow flowers↓ on it. And I stood there looking↑ at this
vase and thinking I'd really like to buy↓ it, and I went in↑ and looked↑ at
it and asked about the price↑, but of course it was much too expensive↓.
And I did the rest of my shopping↑ and went back home↓. And a few days
later↑ I walked past the same shop↑ and noticed that the vase wasn'tthere↓, and I thought that was the end↓of it. Anyway↓, a couple of weeks
later↑ it was my birthday↓ and I had a little party↓ for a few of my friends↓, and they arrived with a huge parcel↓ and said, 'Happy birthday↓!
We've got a really special present↓ for you!' So I opened↑ it and guess
what↓, it was the vase↓ from the antique↓ shop!

I was doing my shopping↑ one day,as usual↑, and I was walking past the
antique↓ shop, and I saw a beautiful old vase↓ in the window, with red
and blue and yellow flowers↓ on it. And I stood there looking↑ at this
vase and thinkingI'd really like to buy↓ it,and I went in↑and looked↑ at
it and asked about the price↑, but of course it was much too expensive↓.And I did the rest of my shopping↑and went back home↓. And a few days
later↑ I walked past the same shop↑and noticed that the vase wasn'tthere↓, and I thought that was the end↓of it. Anyway↓, a couple of weeks
later↑it was my birthday↓and I had a little party↓ for a few of my friends↓, and they arrived with a huge parcel↓and said, 'Happy birthday↓!
We've got a really special present↓ for you!' So I opened↑ it and guess
what↓, it was the vase↓ from the antique↓ shop!

Don't look at Exercises. Tell the story with the help of the pictures. (It doesn't have to be exactly the same story!)